Skunny Download and Review

Skunny was developed by Magic Touch Production in 1995. It is a side scrolling platform game that is pretty similar to popular the Sonic the Hedgehog and Jazz Rabbit.



The game start when Skunny, in his recent adventure, he uncovered an ancient map showing the location of incredible treasures scattered throughout remote parts of the world. We will guide Skunny through areas filled with monsters and obstacles to gather treasures.



Like Jazz Rabbit, Skunny offer a good 256-color VGA graphics and digitized sound. The game play is fast, but obviously the game engine is not as good as Jazz Rabbit, as we can notice some slight jerk when moving around.



Game play wise, Skunny is as good as Sonic and Jazz Rabbit. We can run pretty fast, and the best is when we jump into the barrels that will throw Skunny from place to place.



The monsters and obstacles in Skunny is pretty simple to overcome compared to other platform games. As we can move pretty free in a level, finding the way to the next level is quite troublesome.



You can download Skunny here.

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Romance of the Three Kingdom III: Dragon of Destiny Download and Review

Romance of the Three Kingdom III: Dragon of Destiny was released in 1992 by Koei. It is the third installment of the long running turn-based strategy game Romance of the Three Kingdom series.



Romance of the Three Kingdom III follows the same formula of the previous installments. We start by choosing a scenario and the leader that we want to play. Of course, all the famous leaders are there, like Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Sun Quan.



Compared to Romance of the Three Kingdom 2, the graphics has been hugely upgraded. The world map is no longer shown in top down colored territory view. Instead, the map is shown in a more realistic map with rectangle represent the cities while lines represent roads that connect the cities.



It is a bit confusing at the beginning, but we will get used to it after we play the game for a short while. There is still an option for us to view the territories is color mode, but it is only meant for viewing, we cannot play using this view.



As Romance of the Three Kingdom III uses 640x480 16-color VGA mode instead of 16-color EGA mode, the graphics improvement is obvious. Although Koei is famous for bringing 16-color graphics to life, but somehow the graphics of ROTK III is not as good as their other games like Genghis Khan II.



The battle system of ROTK III is also quite different from ROTK II. The battle mode is now shown in 3D isometric view, rather than the 2D view of ROTK II.



Romance of the Three Kingdom III is not a simple game. You must invest time to learn all aspects of the game before you can appreciate the depth of the game. I've included the manual in the download, hope it might help in your conquest.

You can download Romance of the Three Kingdom III: Dragon of Destiny here.

Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk Download and Review

Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk is a platform game published by Codemasters in 1991. It was the sixth game in the Dizzy adventure series.



In Prince of the Yolkfolk, Rockwart the Troll has cast a spell on Daisy, leaving her asleep for 100 years. Dizzy need to start off his adventure again to rescue Daisy.



We start the game trapped underground, and find our ways to find Daisy in a castle. There are stars to collect along the way, as well as food to replenish energy lost in contact with the many hazards. Succeed and Dizzy and Daisy will ride off into the sunset together.



Prince of the Yolkfolk is not a straight forward game. Often we need to collect the right items and put them on the right place to solve some puzzles to continue.



Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk is quite a nice game that you should give it a try. You can download Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk here.

Air Strike USA Download and Review

Air Strike USA was developed by Digital Integration and released by Spotlight Software in 1990. It is a fast-paced arcade style simulation game.



In Air Stirke USA, we will fly the ATF (Advanced Tactical Fighter) on various missions around the world.



Missions include destroying enemy submarines, radars, aircrafts, bases etc. In the game, instead of viewing the cockpit, we will watch our ATF from behind with an very simplified instrument panel at the bottom of the screen.



Overall, Air Strike USA is a flight simulator that don't need too much thinking to play. If you like arcade and shoot'em up, this is a game for you.



You can download Air Strike USA here.

Links: The Challenge of Golf Download and Review

Links: The Challenge of Golf is a golf simulation game developed by Access Software released in 1990. Links: The Challenge of Gold is the first is the long lasting Links series, which was later released by Microsoft Game Studios after Microsoft acquired Access Software.



Similar to other Access games, Links comes with superb VGA graphics and Realsound technology. With Realsound technology, we can hear the digitized sound effect using only PC speaker.



Links: The Challenge of Golf is a very realistic golf simulation game. Various details in golf are taken care nicely.



Like the real golf, we need concentration in order to win the game. But instead of focus on the ball, we need to click exactly on the timeslice to be able to make a best shot.



You can download Links: The Challenge of Golf here.

Fantastic Dizzy Download and Review

Fantastic Dizzy (a.k.a. The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy) is a platform game released by Codemasters in 1991. The game was awarded the 'NES Adventure Game of the Year 1991' by Game Players Magazine and given the coveted 'Parents Choice Award'.



The story of Fantastic Dizzy happens when his girlfriend Daisy has been captured by the evil wizard Zaks. Dizzy has to leave his Yolkfolk's treehouse and start his adventure in getting back his girlfriend.



Fantastic Dizzy follows the same pattern of other platform games like Mario Bros and Jazz Rabbit, where we need to go through a few levels, collecting items, avoiding being killed by monsters and reach the next level.



Technically, the graphics and music of Fantastic Dizzy is quite good. The multi-layer backdrop with day and night scene is quite unique too. The sales of 125,000 copies should give us some indication of its reception.



You can download Fantastic Dizzy here.

Action Fighter Download and Review

Action Fighter is an overhead vehicular shoot'em up released by Sega in 1986. It mimics the style of other games such as Spy Hunter and Traverse USA.



In Action Fighter, we begin the game riding a superbike. In subsequent levels a sports car, a jetski, a helicopter and even a Formula 1 racing car can all be driven.



All of the vehicles are fully armed to deal with enemy vehicles and gun emplacements intent on stopping the player's progress.



Action Fighter is quite hard to play thought. The key combination is weird. Instead of using arrow keys, we need to use Z, X, O and K to move around.



You can download Action Fighter here.

Abrams Battle Tank (a.k.a. M-1 Abrams Battle Tank) Download and Review

Abrams Battle Tank is a tank simulationgame developed by Dynamix and published by Electronic Arts in 1988.



Abrams Battle Tank is a 3D vehicle simulation of the M1 Abrams tank, one of the first on the market.



Although the simulation depicts the four crew positions, gameplay is not really realistic. The missions are arcade game-like with a fixed sequence of actions to perform.



The graphics were quite good for their time, but reviews are mixed, with many players enjoying the "fun factor" introduced by the lack of realism, and others decrying it for the same reason.



Unlike other simulation game, Abrams Battle Tank is pretty easy to control. There are not much functions for us to play, it is more like a seek and destroy arcade game.



You can download Abrams Battle Tanks here.

Aaargh! Download and Review

Aaargh! is an action game developed by Arcadia System and released in 1988. It was inspired by the arcade game Rampage, which was quite popular during that time.



In Aaargh!, we control a giant monster, either an Ogre or a Lizard, with the goal of crushing and destroying everything in its path, across different lands and periods of history.



Our goal is to find five Roc's eggs hidden among the destroyed scenery. Once an egg was uncovered, the two monsters would fight for possession of the egg in a one-on-one battle.



When five eggs were found, the monsters made their way to the volcano, working their way around the lava flows to reach the top and claim the Golden Egg for the ultimate victory.



You can download Aaargh! here.